21. Jarry

So this is Harry Potter and Jane Grey from X-Men :3...For Aliona Potter. ENJOY MY LOVELIES!!!!

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"Harry," Jane breathed in his ear, resting her chin on his shoulder.

He whirled his head around, surprised. "Who was th- oh, hi, Jane."

Harry was sure Jane knew of his admiration for her. If she didn't find out with one of her little powers, she found out by simply watching him.

He just didn't know if she liked him back.

"Hogwarts is ruined," he said, looking at her, her arms jutted out toward the ruin that was once his school. "Why?"

Jane had promised not to use her powers on him, so this was hard for her. "You were in a war, perhaps?"

Harry sighed deeply. Jane was right, and they both knew it. Wars did terrible things to people as well as everything else. Harry knew that he and others could probably fix the castle, restore it to what it what was, but that took time, something none of them had.

"Jane..." He trailed off, not knowing how to continue the conversation. He closed his eyes and sighed sadly, allowing the depression to overcome him for a moment. Just a moment of not fighting, my, would be nice....

"Harry." Yet again, Jane had snapped him back into harsh reality.

"I'm here, love," he said, smiling sadly at her and fingering his scar.

Jane patted his back reassuringly. "It'll be okay." She said.

"How do you know?"

"Because I know you. And you sort things out, Mister Harry James Potter."

He smiled at that, Jane knew how to perk him up.

"Can I tell you something?"

Harry's eyebrows scrunched together. "Um, sure?"

"You think you can hide things from me. You think you have hidden yourself behind a veil of secrecy, where no one can reach the inner you. That veil," Jane laughed airily. "That veil doesn't exist. I know everything, including how you feel for me. How you so desperately want me to love you back. Unlike me, you can't see through my veil, or else you would know I love you back."

Harry had opened his mouth to respond, but shut it, only to open it again a little after Jane pressed her lips on his.